Question

Hydrogen is used in the manufacture of hydrochloric acid.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

• Hydrochloric acid is produced by the combination of hydrogen and chlorine in acid burners.
• The hydrogen chloride gas thus produced is absorbed in demineralized water to yield high purity hydrochloric acid.
• The reaction can be represented as:

$\underset{\mathrm{Hydrogen}}{{\mathrm{H}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)}+\underset{\mathrm{Chlorine}}{{\mathrm{Cl}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)}\to \underset{\mathrm{Hydrogen}\mathrm{chloride}}{2\mathrm{HCl}\left(\mathrm{g}\right)}$

Final answer: The given statement is true